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Thursday, 26 March 2015

Visual Journey #13

Harmony and Symphony

Can you believe the thirteenth post for my Visual Journey means we are a quarter of the way through the year - it doesn't bear thinking about does it????

Today I have used black, white and kraft as my colour palette. It all came about when I decided to use some Tim stamps to create some extra large washi tape using a roll of sticky backed parcel tape. To provide some depth to it I painted in some of the shapes and parts of numbers with a white posca pen. I then stuck it across the pages adding a couple of words left from a project and workshop I did last year and some scraps of brown wrapping paper (there's a theme going on here isn't there?)

Over this I scraped some white acrylic paint using an old plastic card.

Next came some texture stamping using black archival ink so that it is permanent and wont react with any further layers I might add.

Using Wendy Vecchi's black texture paste and a stencil I added some writing and I used what was left on the stencil and palette knife with a babywipe to start adding black shadows. (I knew I could lighten this with white paint again later if I needed to).

I left these layers to thoroughly dry whilst I collected some collage scraps and embellishments for the next stage. Once I was away with gathering and gluing I forgot to take any more photos until it was finished. But I used scraps of designer papers, borders, snippets, washi tape etc and when it was all securely glued to the page I covered the gorgeous found relative photo and splattered some walnut crystal ink.

I hope your week is going well and that you are getting some time to free journal.

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24 comments:

It's a funny thing, I hate that brown parcel tape but this has made me want to look at it's possibilities! I also intend to check out using the rolls of kraft paper that comes ready gummed for doing picture framing....that one might even inspire you!

I love your page. Thanks for showing your step by step. I can understand. Sometimes we are so bussy with our design that we don't think of anything els. But That's okay.I could follow your creative journey. Thanks Anneke

I love Kraft and black! Fabulous page Brenda and the background is stunning. I had fully intended to join you on this journey and have only managed one! Five workshops in the last two weeks alone has been too much but light at the end of the tunnel. xxxx

Brenda - this spread is marvelous!! I have a fondness for the image of the sweet girl, but mostly I LOVE all of your layers, and the black on white and vice versa.....WOW!! I can't wait to get home to play along these lines! I love your versatility!!! xxxx Lynn

Brenda - this spread is marvelous!! I have a fondness for the image of the sweet girl, but mostly I LOVE all of your layers, and the black on white and vice versa.....WOW!! I can't wait to get home to play along these lines! I love your versatility!!! xxxx Lynn

Wow Brenda, that is absolutely gorgeous! Brilliant idea to use the brown packing tape with stamped images and highlighting with white just makes them pop. Wonderful techniques, thanks so much for sharing (and I am in denial that the year is 1/4 done already, that is impossible!! :O)

I NEED rolls of that tape! Gotta find it. Do you suggest the post office? LOVE the images you put on it, and love the background! This pic is one of my favorites...she is the sweetest! GORGEOUS GORGEOUS project!!!

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